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Life IS history in the making. Every word we say, everything we do becomes history the moment it is said or done. Life void of memories leaves nothing but emptiness. For those who might consider history boring, think again: It is who we are, what we do and why we are here. We are certainly individuals in our thoughts and deeds but we all germinated from seeds planted long, long ago.

Monday, December 29, 2014

Time in a Bottle

Many performers have gone before their time. Some became members of the bizarre 27 Club while still in their prime. Others were victims of horrendous accidents, overdoses (drugs & alcohol), many plane crashes. Memorable songs and performances hold a special place in our hearts as we listen over and over again to the limited number of recordings left behind. So much music has died through the decades as epitomized in American Pie. Successful chart toppers were not realized in life for many whose songs hit the top of the charts after lives were cut short.

Welcome into the Spotlight...

Jim Croce in 1972, photographed by Ingrid Croce.

Jim Croce:an American singer/songwriter of upbeat and empathetic, melancholy songs with a visually-rich lyrical style

Songfacts:Jim Croce wrote this song the night that he found out his wife, Ingrid,
was pregnant. The couple had been married for five years, and Ingrid
found out she was pregnant when she went to a fertility specialist. She
recalls a mix of terror and delight in Jim's reaction when she told him
the news. The child was a boy named Adrian, who grew up to become the
singer-songwriter A.J. Croce.

The song was never intended to be a single - it was released on Croce's first major-label solo LP You Don't Mess Around With Jim in 1972. The album had already yielded the #8 title track and #17 "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)." His second LP, Life And Times, had given Croce his first #1 single, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown." "Time In A Bottle" became a hit over a year after it was first released when it was used in the ABC made-for-TV movie She Lives, about a woman dying of cancer.

1973Jim Croce scored his second No.1 US single of the year when 'Time
In A Bottle' went to the top of the charts 14 weeks after he was killed in a plane crash. On September 30, 1973 a plane carrying Croce and five other people
crashed upon takeoff as he was leaving one college venue to travel to another 70
miles away. He was 30 years old.

No.1 singles on this day...

1960 Cliff Richard was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Love You'. The singers fourth UK No.1 and his first Xmas No.1.

1984Band Aid were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Do They Know
It's Christmas?' and Madonna was at No.1 on the US singles chart with
'Like A Virgin.'

1990 Cliff Richard has his 12th UK No.1 single with 'Saviour's Day',
his 13th UK No.1 single and his second Christmas chart topper.

2012 According to sales data, Adele’s 21had overtaken Oasis’ (What’s
The Story) Morning Glory? to become the UK’s fourth biggest selling
album of all-time. Latest data confirmed that, Oasis’ 1995 second album
had sold 4,555,000 copies to date, while Adele’s 21 has surged ahead
with sales of over 4,562,000 copies. The news came just over a year
since 21 overtook Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black to become the UK's
biggest selling album of the 21st Century.

Yes! It really happened...

1999Three ferrets named Beckham, Posh Spice and Baby Spice were used
to lay power cables for a rock concert being held in Greenwich, London,
England, (workers were not allowed to dig up the turf at the Royal
Park). Organizers found that rods could not push the cables through the
tiny tunnels, which frequently bend and dog-leg. The ferrets were eased
into tiny nylon harnesses with wires which where then attached to a
rope, the animals ran into a series of ducts which were under the stage
like rabbit runs, leading the cables with them. The ferrets
instinctively make for any hole in the ground and are enticed to the end
of the duct by a slab of smelly meat. The New Years Eve concert
featured Simply Red, Eurythmics and Bryan Ferry.

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Sharla is a graduate of Troy State University and an educator with a flair for writing in poetic verse. Her latest book, Awakenings from Then ’til Now is available from Tate Publishing. It is dedicated to those who laid the foundation and established the platform for our American freedom: those who have served in the past, presently serve, or will serve our military forces in the future. A profound appreciation is extended for the sacrifice of these brave men and women who left or will leave their homes and family to ensure America’s freedom endures.

A grave price is being paid every moment of every day of the year for all the freedom America has to offer. Let us not forget those who have fought or are fighting for our nation; they are the epitome of the human spirit called freedom!